Plagiobothrys scouleri

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  • Scientific Name: Plagiobothrys scouleri
  • Family: Boraginaceae
  • Common Names: Scouler's popcorn flower
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Allocarya granulata, Allocarya scouleri, Plagiobothrys granulatus
  • CODON: PLASCO

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Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteranae
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
Species: Plagiobothrys scouleri (Hook & Arn.) I.M. Johnst.
Synonyms
  • Plagiobothrys granulatus (Piper) I.M. Johnst.
  • Allocarya californica (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Greene
  • Allocarya granulata Piper
  • Allocarya scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) Greene
  • Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri (Hook. & Arn.) I.M. Johnst.
  • Plagiobothrys reticulatus var. rossianorum I.M. Johnst.

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Description

Hairy, tap-rooted annual.

Flowers grow in tight, elongate clusters and have 5 petals fused at the base with a small set of appendages in the corolla throat where the white petals become yellow. Calyx is also basally fused and very hairy.

Leaves are narrow, hairy, lower pairs of leaves are opposite, becoming alternate up the stem. [2][3]

Fruits are nutlets and have a ventral keel with a raised scar along the keel.[4]

Bloom Period

May-August[3]

Distribution

South Victoria Island to Northwestern California, West Cascades, east in Columbia River Gorge to Blue Mountains.[4]

Habitat

Vernally moist depressions, shorelines.[4]

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References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32016#null
  2. Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
  3. 3.0 3.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Plagiobothrys%20scouleri
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.